Subject: Re: date of x86_64/amd64 support
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@wasabisystems.com>
List: current-users
Date: 05/07/2003 00:01:20
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 11:55:20PM +0200, Klaus Heinz wrote:
> I wonder what the official date for amd64 support should be?
> 
> Should http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/history.html list 2001-06-21
> (announcement of x86_64 port done by Frank van der Linden/Wasabi
> Systems) or the official availability of the processor at 2003-04-22?

The first one (2001). The port was running on the simulator, and later
actual hardware, long before the official processor launch.

- Frank

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